TheHallgrÝmskirkja is
aLutheran(Church
of Iceland) parish church inReykjavÝk,Iceland.
At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is the largest church in Iceland and the
sixth tallest architectural structure inIceland.

Reykjavik'slatitudeat
64░08' N makes itthe
world's northernmostcapitalof
a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the
southern shore ofFaxaflˇiBay.
With a population of around 120,000 (and over 200,000 in theGreater
ReykjavÝk Area) it is the heart of Iceland'seconomicandgovernmentalactivity.

ReykjavÝk is believed to be the location of the first permanent
settlement in Iceland, whichIngˇlfur
Arnarsonis said to have
established around 870. Until the 18th century, there was nourban
developmentin the city
location. The city was founded in 1786 as an official trading town and
grew steadily over the next decades, as it transformed into aregionaland
laternationalcentre
ofcommerce,populationandgovernmentalactivities.